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Power to the People: Self-determined Identity in Black Pride and Chicano Movement Literature

Anderson, Tiffany Miranda
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343826432

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English.
My dissertation Power to the People: Self-determined Identity in Black Pride and Chicano Movement Literature reassesses the critical legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois’s concept of double-consciousness and considers how the literature of the 60s and 70s sought to replace the inevitability of sustained double-consciousness with a singular identity. Du Bois presented three properties of double-consciousness: problems of self-definition beyond a white American perspective; the exclusion of Negroes from mainstream American institutions and culture; and the warring identities of race and nationality. Since the concept’s inception, scholars have often employed Du Boisian double-consciousness in literary identity studies; however, most apply the concept outside of the historical era of its development without acknowledging the need for necessary revisions, and most ignore other complex identity issues that might alter the concept’s application. My project considers double-consciousness not simply as a theoretical lens used to analyze literature but rather as a significant cultural phenomenon very much prevalent in actual African and Latino American communities. The Black Pride and Chicano Movements and the literature of the period identify the pervasive role played by white American perspectives in the formation of minority identities and, after rejecting these perspectives, promote self-determined racial and ethnic identities. In my analysis, I connect Du Boisian double-consciousness to José Vasconcelos’s La raza cósmica and Gloria Anzaldúa’s presentation of a new mestizaje consciousness to validate my intercultural project.
Valerie Lee (Committee Chair)
Adeleke Adeeko (Committee Member)
Frederick Aldama (Committee Member)
African American Studies; American Studies; Comparative Literature; Ethnic Studies; Latin American Studies; Library Science; Literature; Minority and Ethnic Groups

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  • Anderson, T. M. (2012). Power to the People: Self-determined Identity in Black Pride and Chicano Movement Literature [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343826432

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Anderson, Tiffany. Power to the People: Self-determined Identity in Black Pride and Chicano Movement Literature. 2012. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343826432.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Anderson, Tiffany. "Power to the People: Self-determined Identity in Black Pride and Chicano Movement Literature." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343826432

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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